Sunlight seeps in through the window

Sunlight seeps in through the window

Pull the blind way down tight

Nothing is going to change

The way the air feels

With every laboured breath

Pushing against the current

Even lost in darkness

There is reassurance

In the stillness

Between one compression

And the next

The world contracts and expands

In time to the movement

However slight it may be

There is temptation

To keep count

Of every heartbeat

If one comes along

The world will be saved

Like stepping over a crack

In the pavement

On the way to school

Is the only foolproof way

To be sure you have

A better day

Another breath

Before the curtain blows

Will ensure

The world will not end

Before I rise

But is there any crime

In hoping all the madness

Will stop

And terror

In a real world

Simply fade away.